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In the fall of 2017, the North Star Civic Foundation contracted with the PSU Center for Public Service team to look at the current and near-term fiscal fortunes of 35 representative local governments in Oregon. The backdrop for this analysis is a reality that’s long been acknowledged: many Oregon local…

The Portland State University Center for Public Service (PSU, CPS) proposes a joint consulting project with NeighborWorks Umpqua (NWU) to examine the condition of manufactured housing in rural Oregon communities, and to examine occupant/ owner financial capacity and health concerns. 

The purpose of this memo is to provide the City of Portland with a high-level roadmap of immediate next steps that it can take as it launches the 2015 Innovation Fund and the second phase of its strategic innovation initiative. This roadmap includes a comprehensive strategy that deploys communication, learning…

With guidance from Portland State University’s Center for Public Service, the board participated in a strategic planning effort involving the review of stakeholder feedback, full board discussions and small group work sessions, resulting in a five-year strategic plan as reflected in this final report.

The Future of WorkSource is a joint project of the Oregon Employment Department and Local Workforce Investment Boards to examine the effectiveness of WorkSource—what the system needs to do in order to provide value and meaningful impact to its customers, how customer needs vary region by region, and how state…

In March, 2013, the Executive Director and select staff from the Multnomah County Drainage District (MCDD) approached the Hatfield School of Government’s Center for Public Service (CPS) and Oregon Solutions (OS) seeking assistance in addressing the issues of maintaining accreditation and recertifying the…

This Comprehensive Community Emergency Management (C2EM) Strategy presents a pathway for increasing individual preparedness and engaging with members of the community as vital and responsible partners in enhancing the resiliency and security of Clackamas County. The Strategy is intended to build on the County…

The City of Beaverton entered into an agreement with the Center for Public Service (CPS) to create a project focused on engaging diverse communities. CPS, in collaboration with Beaverton’s Diversity Task Force (DTF) organized a Multicultural Community Forum on Saturday, June 1, 2013. This report provides the…

In November 2012, the Oregon Department of Education (ODE) entered into an Intergovernmental Agreement with Portland State University’s (PSU) Center for Public Service (CPS). This agreement outlines the scope of work for CPS to perform a Functional Analysis and Operations Review of ODE.

Building on the first two phases of this engagement, this Phase III report offers a number of specific recommendations that we believe are essential – not just to enable Oregon Corrections Enterprises (OCE) to offer far more prison inmates meaningful work opportunities in the future, but to ensure OCE’s long…

In 1994, Oregon voters overwhelmingly approved Measure 17, a ballot initiative that created new requirements for the Oregon Department of Corrections (DOC) to operate prison inmate “work and on-the-job training programs.” (Oregon Constitution: Article 1, Section 41).To help implement Measure 17, in 1999 the…

Over the course of the last four years, as the economic downturn has trickled down to cities and counties, local governments and their administrators have experienced a significant decline in revenues and a tightening of budgets. At this critical juncture for local governments, energy management provides a…